Multiple Choice: Section
Be sure to save time to complete the
open’ended section of this test (worth 25 points total)
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
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Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, this colonial plan for self-rule is called
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a. | the Magna Carta. | c. | the Petition of Rights. | b. | the Bill of
Rights. | d. | the Mayflower
Compact. |
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The first legislature in what became the United States was the ________
a. | Virginia House of Burgesses. | c. | First Continental
Congress. | b. | Constitutional Convention. | d. | Annapolis Convention. |
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The Intolerable Acts caused the colonists at the First Continental Congress to
take this action against Britain.
a. | an embargo | c. | a tax | b. | an increased revenue | d. | sanctions |
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According to the Articles of Confederation, this was the main power was granted
to Congress and the national government..
a. | to regulate trade | c. | to make war and peace | b. | to enforce
laws | d. | to levy
taxes |
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Many Americans wanted a strong national government after ___________
a. | the economic depression. | c. | the Northwest
Ordinance. | b. | the Annapolis Convention. | d. | Shays's Rebellion. |
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These practices of the colonial governments are essential elements of the U.S.
government.
Essential Elements of Colonial Government: Written Constitution, Legislature and
_____?______.
a. | established church | c. | rule by few | b. | property qualifications for
voting | d. | separation of
powers |
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Trade among the different states was known as _______
a. | interstate commerce. | c. | legislative trade. | b. | extralegal trade. | d. | anarchy. |
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The Magna Carta was important because it ______________
a. | was America's first legislature. | c. | established a limited
government. | b. | separated church and state. | d. | gave power to the colonies. |
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This man was known as the father of the Constitution.
a. | Thomas Jefferson | c. | John Adams | b. | George Washington | d. | James Madison |
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Without a strong national government, Federalists were concerned that rebellion,
chaos and ________ would result.
a. | anarchy | c. | embargoes | b. | extralegal trade | d. | socialism |
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Antifederalists believed ___________ was needed. Without a promise to
enact it immediately, they refused to support ratification of the Constitution.
a. | anarchy | c. | a Bill of Rights | b. | interstate commerce | d. | a strong national
government |
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“Solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another,
covenant [pledge] and combine ourselves together into a Body Politck, for our better
Ordering and Preservation and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid. . . .”—The Mayflower Compact, 1620
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According to the Pilgrim leaders, why did they draft the Mayflower
Compact?
a. | to send a message to the king | b. | to help govern themselves | c. | to please
God | d. | to establish superiority over the other colonists |
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“This dreadful situation has alarmed every
man of principle and property in New England. [People wake] as from a dream and ask what
has been the cause of our delusion. What [will] give us security against the violence of
lawless men? Our government must be [strengthened], changed, or altered to secure our lives
and property.”—Henry Knox
(1786)
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What “dreadful situation” is Knox referring to?
a. | Boston Tea Party | c. | the “Miracle at Philadelphia” | b. | Shays’s
Rebellion | d. | Annapolis
Convention |
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How long after the passage of the Stamp Act did the colonists dump British tea
into Boston Harbor?
a. | 6 years | c. | 8 years | b. | 9 years | d. | 5 years |
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How many years passed from the end of the French and Indian War to the beginning
of the Revolutionary War?
a. | 6 years | c. | 9 years | b. | 12 years | d. | 17 years |
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The Townshend Acts placed import taxes on paint, glass, lead, and
_____________
a. | coffee. | c. | copper. | b. | salt. | d. | tea. |
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Britian passes the Coercive Acts->_____?______->Britian declares the
colonies in rebellion->Declaration of Independence.
A series of events led the
colonists to declare their independence from Britain. Choose the answer that best completes the cause
and effect chart identifying these events.
a. | colonists pass Stamp Act | c. | Boston Tea
Party | b. | Continental Congress | d. | French and Indian War |
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Statement of purpose and basic human rights, ______?______, Colonists’
determination to separate from Great Britian.
The Declaration of Independence was divided into
three sections. What was the subject of the second, or middle section?
a. | complaints against Charles I | c. | justification for Boston Tea
Party | b. | choosing a democratic leader | d. | complaints against George
III |
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Which plan or compromise was based on the Articles of Confederation?
a. | New Jersey Plan | c. | Connecticut Compromise | b. | Virginia
Plan | d. | Three-Fifths
Compromise |
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Which faction at the Constitutional Convention supported the Virginia
Plan?
a. | Northern states | c. | Large, populated states | b. | Southern
states | d. | Small, less
populated states |
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Which faction at the Constitutional Convention representation based on numbers
of slaves in the population?
a. | Northern states | c. | Large, populated states | b. | Sourthern
sates | d. | Small. less populated
states |
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Which Compromise resolved the question taxes on imports and exports?
a. | Connecticut | c. | Commerce and slave-trade | b. | Three-fifths | d. | Electoral College |
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